Equipment Operator

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Main duties and responsibilities include the following: (Other duties may be assigned.)

• Drives or operates, maintains various equipment such as motorized road grader, road-rollers, tractors, asphalting machine backhoe, front-end loader, mowers, dump-trucks, and may operate smaller or less complex equipment as needed.
• Clears and digs drainage ditches, cuts roadways and performs other manual labor as required.
• Maintains routine duty records of work.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and or ability required.

• Two years preferred of related training or experience in operating moderately complex and light equipment.
• Must possess a valid Class "A" Commercial Driver's License (CDL).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to reach, bend, stoop and kneel in inclement weather; and be required to lift at least fifty (50) pounds.

Operates light to moderately complex equipment used in construction, ditching, road repair, maintenance and other similar work.